by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 12, 2014 | General
Gillian and I set off early to the Tweed Foundation’s offices at Melrose this morning. We were attending the RAFTS regional meeting at which we discussed many issues including future projects, project funding current work and last but not least, RAFTS response...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 11, 2014 | General
Following our blog post of the 19th May that highlighted a disease outbreak at a local fishery, I am pleased to report that the Fish Health Inspectorate has this week given them the green light to reopen and restock. This popular wee fishery has been sorely missed by...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 10, 2014 | General
Helen and Gordon are on their way to Inverness tonight for electrofishing team leader training. CPD is important for the staff as it keeps us up to date with the latest developments and requirements within our profession and SFCC organised training courses such as...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 10, 2014 | Conservation, fishing, General
After years in the pipeline and disappointment after disappointment, we have decided once again to attempt to ease fish passage at Mill Dam Darvel. Today Helen and I met with Martin from a Syphon Fish Pass consultancy to look at the possibility of using new technology...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 10, 2014 | General, Invasives
We bought a quadcopter flying machine through CIRB last year with the intention of using it to survey for invasive weeds in difficult to access areas . Of course it was also destined to be used for other things such as aerial assessment of erosion and morphological...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 5, 2014 | Conservation, fishing, General
Here is the link to a short video shot at Catrine dam this morning. Good to see the river flowing again but unfortunately this will delay progress and ultimately completion of the work at Anderson’s by around a week. Whilst at the dam, we saw three salmon turn...